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Fashion revolution...Reina de las Fabricas

Monday, 21 November 2016

While the fashion world celebrates
the Autumn/Winter Season, I sit with a glass of fine wine watching the Nigerian
industry blossom into a damsel of international envy. Salute then to the
Nigerian celebrities who have tuned to the MAIN stream (Made in Nigeria). Do we
have a long way to go? Yes. Have we gone a long way? Yes. Nigerian Designers
are becoming more than fabric loving people, we are also breeders of fabric evolution.
Andrea Iyamah, Style Temple, April by Kumbi, Kathy Anthony to name a few, literally.

Lisa Folawiyo a Nigerian
fashion designer has proven herself effortlessly as among the brightest fashion
designers. Her Autumn / Winter collection 2015 marries a spectacularly cool palette
of colors, prints and textures. In the autumnal spirit, hems are decorated with
oak leaves and maple while pieces of paper shaped cut fabrics adorn some parts in
the creation of her look book, the dead leaves scattered on the ground that
strengthen the autumnal atmosphere.

Here Is what I
love about her. While this is but a glimpse of the dynamism she displays, she
makes fabric feel like rubber, flexible and impossibly submissive. I must say
she strikes me as a pace setter and permit me to say, a whisperer. While the
silhouette of each piece is fluent and uncomplicatedly spelt out, the material
is a spectacle featuring prints shaped in oak and maple tree which are
reflected, withered and dying, on the setting of the collection
while translating the theme and idea of the collection- “Transition and
journey”.

Folawiyo explains
that “movement, transition, and growth” are key
driving forces in this collection as seen in the arrow
prints on patterns, embroidery and straps of some of the pieces. Those
arrows therefore perfectly embody the essence and purpose of the
collection.

Lisa
Folawiyo perfected the art of wearing Ankara (local West African cloth) through
the use of ornate embellishment. By incorporating texture with this culturally
established traditional textile, Lisa Folawiyo transformed the textile and
created a globally coveted print. This conceptual and global design hybrid has
been the key to Lisa Folawiyo’s success.

Fused with its very own
African-inspired custom luxury prints, the Lisa Folawiyo collection skillfully
delivers contemporary garments. With a strong eye for tailoring and fit,
Folawiyo creates feminine and modern silhouettes with nods to traditional
African aesthetics. http://www.lisafolawiyo.com/